ok, maybe you're right, but as far as I know, in those images all you can see is about 5 kids, a woman and two adults celebrating (about 9 or 10 people). That's all the celebration? is that all the footage CNN could get? Why are this images said to be celebration of the palestinians, for me it is a celebration of 10 palestiniansd, most of them kids... I think that is also distorting reality. I'm not defending anyone here, all I say is this type of things promote hate and violence, and that's exactly what we are trying to avoid, or is it not?
> I'm really getting sick of this thing. The "False" CNN coverage is a hoax: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1540000/1540102.st > m > > and > > http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_402920.html?menu=news.latestheadlines > > CNN says fake footage claims are 'baseless and ridiculous' > > CNN says accusations it faked footage of Palestinians > celebrating the US terror attacks are baseless. > > Palestinian journalists and officials reportedly claim the footage > dates back to 1991, but was passed off as being current. > > CNN says a Reuters camera crew filmed the celebrations in > East Jerusalem hours after the hijackings. > > It says the allegations stem from an email by a Brazilian student. > > The Universad Estatal de Campinas-Brasil (Unicamp) says one > of its students sent the email after apparently receiving > information from a professor at another institution. > > Marcio AV Carvalho later realised the claims were false and sent > out a correction, says Unicamp. > > A spokesman said: "The original message, however, was > distributed all over the world, often with many distortions." > > A CNN spokesman told Ananova: "CNN rejects as baseless and > ridiculous an allegation being circulated by email and the > internet claiming that CNN televised 10-year-old videotape to > illustrate Palestinians celebrating in the wake of the horrific > September 11 tragedies in the US. > > "CNN applauds Unicamp for setting the record straight. The > videotape in question was shot by a Reuters TV camera crew on > September 11." > > According to the Islamic Republic News Agency, the Palestinian > Journalists' Association has condemned CNN for "journalistic > treachery". > > > > > > > > Sorry to go off topic but I thought this was worth posting ... > > > >>>>> There's an important point in the power of press, specifically the > >> power > >>>>> of CNN. > >>>>> > >>>>> All around the world we are subjected to 3 or 4 huge news > >> distributors, > >>>>> and one of them - as you well know - is CNN. > >>>>> Very well, I guess all of you have been seeing (just as I've been) > >>>>> images from this company. In Particular, one set of images caught my > >>>>> attention: the Palestinians celebrating the bombing, out on the > >> streets, > >>>>> eating celebration sweets and making funny faces for the camera. > >>>>> > >>>>> Well, THOSE IMAGES WERE SHOT BACK IN 1991!!! Those are images of > >>>>> Palestinians celebrating the invasion of Kuwait! > >>>>> It's simply unacceptable that a super-power of communications as CNN > >>>> uses > >>>>> images which do not correspond to the reality in talking about so > >>>>> serious of an issue. > >>>>> > >>>>> At the BBC here, we have these footages on videotapes recorded in > >> 1991, > >>>>> with the very same images. > >>>>> But now, think for a moment about the impact of such images. Your > >> people > >>>>> are hurt, emotionally fragile, and this kind of broadcast has very > >> high > >>>>> possiblity of causing waves of anger and rage against the > >> Palestinians. > >>>>> > >>>>> It's simply irresponsible to show images such as those. > >>>>> > >>>>> Russell Grossman | Head of Internal Communication | BBC > >>>>> Third Floor | London Broadcasting House | LONDON W1A 1AA > >>>>> > >>> -- > >>> I thought so, the night they first showed those images, a BBC news > >>> reporter > >>> in Palestine (I forget her name) denied that these scenes were taking > >>> place. > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > **************************************************************************** > **> * > > Important. This E-mail is intended for the above named person and may be > > confidential and/or legally privileged. If this has come to you in error you > > must take no action based on it, nor must you copy or show it to anyone; > > please > > inform the sender immediately. > > > **************************************************************************** > **> * > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
